If Wu Sangui really surrenders, the situation will be reversed instantly.
"Zhu Yi, how is the training of the First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army going?"
Zhu Cixiang asked Zhu Yi who was standing aside.
"Everything is progressing normally at present, and we are basically training."
Zhu Cixiang nodded.
"How is the military expansion going over Huang Degong's side?"
Zhu Cixiang continued to ask.
"General Huang has also recruited a lot of soldiers in the Jinan area, and the cavalry has also been expanded. The soldiers originally lost in several battles have basically been replenished. Now there are about 38,000 people.
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Thirty-eight thousand people!
Zhu Cixiang sighed slightly.
Including the First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army, which is the force in his own hands, there are a total of 58,000 people!
how to say??
This troop strength cannot be said to be too large, but it is not too small either!
If it's too much, I really can't afford it with my current money. Even with the financial support of Jiangnan, I am really good to the First Guards Army and the Second Guards Army.
Too much money is consumed every month.
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang sighed slightly.
Spend money like water!
Gotta find a way to make money.
Zhu Cixiang was slightly emotional.
Although my financial situation is still pretty good now, with more than three million taels of silver on hand, my current problems are not these.
The biggest problem is that our current government is also undergoing reforms.
Then the army is expanding, and military equipment is being innovated.
The muskets developed before are also being produced in large quantities, and education reform also costs a lot of money. So much money, and it's just in Shandong.
It costs so much money.
Zhu Cixiang was a little helpless. When he opened his eyes every day, it was money, money, money!
At this time, Zhu Cixi probably realized that a powerful boss had to consider other issues besides money!
Because there are many things to do, and there are many of these things.
In fact, money is not difficult.
Shandong is not far from the Japanese island. Just do business with the Japanese directly. Japan is rich in silver. If you sell silk and ceramics to Japan, you can directly obtain a large amount of silver.
Just use it under the guise of official trade!
At least now, although the Ming Dynasty is facing many disasters, during the Three Great Conquests of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty defeated Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 100,000-strong army.
It was precisely because the Ming Dynasty defeated Toyotomi Hideyoshi that the current Tokugawa shogunate came to power!
Therefore, Ming Dynasty's status in the eyes of Japan is still very high.
This can be used to your advantage!
Thinking of this, the corners of Zhu Cixiang's mouth curled up slightly.
He said casually to a eunuch beside him.
"Li Banban, if Shen Tingyang comes to Dengzhou, just ask him to come to me!"
Zhu Cixiang said to the eunuch on the side.
Since Tian Cunshan left, the eunuch beside Zhu Cihong has been replaced by the most honest eunuch in the palace.
Zhu Cixiang did not have any expectations for the eunuchs around him. He only wanted honest eunuchs who did their duty. Those eunuchs who were too capable or too weak were not what Zhu Cixi wanted to see.
So this eunuch named Li Yan came into Zhu Cixiang's eyes.
This eunuch did a pretty good job and did his duty.
Zhu Cixiang was not as taboo about foreign ministers as other emperors. In Zhu Cixiang's view, he did not use suspects but hired people without suspicion. As long as there was suspicion, Zhu Cixiang would directly ask people to investigate.
Whenever some clues are found, Zhu Cixiang's methods can be said to be extremely cruel, leaving no room for error at all.
Therefore, Zhu Cihong did not taboo foreign ministers at all.
Moreover, it is not that Zhu Cixi never leaves the palace, he also does things cheaply in local affairs.
They all say that wearing a white dragon fish suit is not a good thing.
But Zhu Cixiang was different. The imperial guards around him were all martial arts masters, even if they didn't wear flying fish uniforms or carry embroidered spring knives, they were dressed as guards.
Zhu Cixiang is confident enough to escape from any bandit!
Therefore, Zhu Cixiang is not too worried about safety.
This was also the reason why Zhu Cixiang was able to visit privately incognito.
"Yes! Your Highness!"
Eunuch Li on the side saluted Zhu Cihong with a respectful look on his face.
Zhu Cixiang distracted himself for a moment and continued to work.
As he said, Wu Di did a really good job. He ransacked the house and exterminated the family for good reasons. Then after the house was confiscated, Wu Di made another move that made Zhu Cixiang really call him brilliant.
He directly relocated the people from the two places, and resettled all these people, and rearranged the villages.
This technique made Zhu Cixi extremely satisfied.
It seems that Wu Di is still able to understand what he means, and even expands on his meaning.
"Can!"
Zhu Cixi was satisfied and approved the funding application with the word "yes".
The biggest advantage of this kind of thing is that it can prevent the powerful people in the same place from resurrecting, because these people are very powerful in the local area.
Moreover, the relationship is also very strong, and many tenants are actually afraid of them.
If they are not disrupted and resettled, even if their homes are confiscated, their family may be able to thrive again before long!
This kind of thing is definitely not what Zhu Cixiang wants to see.
So he was very satisfied with Wu Zong's action.
Then there is what Song Xiance did in Yanzhou.
It is strange that Song Xiance is currently doing very little in Yanzhou. According to the information sent by Jin Yiwei, Song Xiance does not handle many government affairs every day.
The most important thing every day is to drink and chat with some local officials in Yanzhou and those officials.
Because the place where they chatted was very obscure, Jin Yiwei didn't know what they talked about.
This made Zhu Cixi a little confused.
However, Yanzhou's civil service reform and education reform are also progressing normally, and they are quite satisfactory, so Zhu Cixiang can't say much.
It's just... this doesn't seem to be at Song Xiance's level!
Zhu Cixiang was a little suspicious. Did Song Xiance have other ideas?
Let’s take a look again!
Then there are the prefects of Dengzhou and Laizhou. The prefects of these two places were appointed by Zhu Cixiang when he was in Beijing.
It is true that I listen to Zhu Cixi very much, but ability...
It's quite satisfactory, which makes Zhu Cixiang a little helpless and wants to change it!
But he doesn't have enough official reserves at the moment, so being able to be obedient is already very good!
Moreover, Zhu Cixiang did not dare to trust any of the local officials in Shandong. If given the chance, Zhu Cixiang was prepared to replace all of these people!